Creativity is waiting for you in the heart of Midtown! Capital City Beads and the Midtown Association have teamed up to bring you three ‘Third Thursday at 24th and K’ events. “Midtown Made” is a gathering of all things locally made, highlighting the unique creative community right here in our own backyard. You will have the opportunity to shop, drink, enjoy live music and participate in many hands on DIY projects right on K street in between 23rd and 24th every Third Thursday of the month through August!

The first one kicks off on June 21st and will continue on July 19th and August 16th, see you there!

It’s that time of year again! Showcasing the best of what the Golden State has to offer, this summertime tradition is your chance to eat delicious food, enjoy a concert, get up close and personal with California agriculture and other industries, witness live horse racing, have fun on the Midway Carnival, and taste the winners of food competitions (how about some award-winning olive oil, cheese, wine and beer?). Live performances on multiple stages throughout the fair will provide ongoing entertainment by both national and local musicians, dancers, and cultural shows.

Make the most of your state fair experience by eating your way through food trucks littered throughout the fairgrounds while playing games or checking out the best of the state’s livestock and county exhibits. With so much going on and so much to do, the California State Fair is one of the best events of the year.

The fair is open 10am-10pm Friday-Sunday and 11am-10pm Monday-Thursday.

For ticket pricing and ticket bundles, visit castatefair.org/tickets. For a full list of attractions such as musical performances and special exhibits, visit castatefair.org/special-events.

The Sacramento Japanese Film Festival began as a one day festival, Japanese Movies at the Crest, in 2005. In 2010 it grew to a three-day festival with five films. In 2011, it had expanded to six films. Seven feature films and a documentary short were screened in 2012. Sacramento Japanese Film Festival is one of only four film festivals in the continental United States which dedicates itself exclusively to Japanese cinema.

The closing night film, The Ito Sisters, offers a special showing of a film set in the agricultural communities of the Sacramento Delta. The three sisters are memorable and engaging characters, who in their 80s and 90s share stories of humor, hardship and heartbreak, dating back to their father’s immigration from Japan to the US in 1897. They offer a rare first-hand account of their family’s struggle to become American, in the face of a series of natural and man-made disasters. The family’s chronicle is set against the backdrop of the Anti-Japanese Movement, a 60-year campaign by politicians, journalists, landowners and others that culminated in the forced removal and incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II.

Individual dates, times, and movies:

Friday, July 20

7:30pm: Mumon: The Land of Stealth

Saturday, July 21

11:30am: Sister of the Gion
2pm: In This Corner of the World
4:30pm: Oh Lucy!
7:45pm: After the Storm

Sunday, July 22

2pm: Tokyo Family
5pm: The Ito Sisters: An American Story

Creativity is waiting for you in the heart of Midtown! Capital City Beads and the Midtown Association have teamed up to bring you three ‘Third Thursday at 24th and K’ events. “Midtown Made” is a gathering of all things locally made, highlighting the unique creative community right here in our own backyard. You will have the opportunity to shop, drink, enjoy live music and participate in many hands on DIY projects right on K street in between 23rd and 24th every Third Thursday of the month through August!

The first one kicks off on June 21st and will continue on July 19th and August 16th, see you there!